analogiesə'nælədʒɪnoun+an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others+drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect+the religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greater; language can point in the right direction but any analogy between God and humans will always be inadequate

Advanced English Dictionary

+noun (plural analogies)1[C] ~ (between A and B)~ (with sth) a comparison of one thing with another thing that has similar features; a feature that is similar: The teacher drew an analogy between the human heart and a pump. + There are no analogies with any previous legal cases.2[U] the process of comparing one thing with another thing that has similar features in order to explain it: learning by analogy

Collocation Dictionarynoun

ADJ.

appropriate, apt, useful | close, obvious

A close analogy with the art of singing can be made.

VERB + ANALOGY

draw, make, suggest, use

She drew an analogy between running the economy and a housewife's weekly budget.